Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
Sei Solo: Symbolum?
The Theology of J. S. Bach’s Solo Violin Works
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
One of the jewels in the crown of Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred music is its use of astonishingly subtle and complex allegorical and representational devices. But when similar devices appear in the context of one of Bach's untexted, secular, instrumental collections such as the Six Solos (sonatas...
Danya
A Woman of Ancient Galilee
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Danya, a literate, independent-minded young woman, grows up in the village of Nazareth. Personal betrayals, social restrictions, and family tragedies crush Danya's dream of fighting to free her people from Roman domination. Instead she is married off and lives as an outsider in the sophisticated city...
Human Nature, Interest, and Power
A Critique of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Social Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This book criticizes three basic concepts in Reinhold Niebuhr's social thought: his views of human nature, interest, and power. Attention is directed especially at the way Niebuhr's concepts lack sufficient historicity, obscure social and political dynamics, and, finally, lack adequate descriptive...
Critical Conversations
Michael Polanyi and Christian Theology
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Critical Conversations provides a series of theological engagements with the work of Michael Polanyi, one of the twentieth century's most profound philosophers of science. Polanyi's sustained explorations of the nature of human knowing open a range of questions and themes of profound importance for...
Christian Thought in the Twenty-First Century
Agenda for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this volume some of the outstanding Christian scholars of our day reflect on how their minds have changed, how their academic fields have changed over the course of their careers, and the pressing issues that Christian scholars will need to address in the twenty-first century. This volume offers...
The Fifteen Confederates
Johann Eberlin von Günzburg
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
The Fifteen Confederates was published anonymously in the fall of 1521, shortly after Martin Luther's hearing at the Diet of Worms and subsequent disappearance. The fifteen pamphlets that make up the book address religious, social, economic, and political challenges facing the German people. Their...
Behold the Lilies
Jesus and the Contemplation of Nature—A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Behold the Lilies draws from the riches of the author's long-standing work in the theology of nature and ecological spirituality, especially from his classic historical study, The Travail of Nature (1985), and from his Franciscan exploration in Christian spirituality, Before Nature (2014). In this...
Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God
Theological Reflections on Ministry and the Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God presents a new paradigm for church ministry--one that is based on fundamental truths of the Christian faith such as the Trinity, union with Christ, and the "already" presence of the Holy Spirit in the church. This new paradigm can help busy pastors avoid...
by J. Brian Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
First Corinthians offers readers a window into the social life and setting of an early Christ-movement congregation. The Apostle Paul's practical guidance to the Corinthians living in a Roman colony overlaps with many contemporary concerns: identity, leadership, sexuality, gender, diversity, worship,...
Reading Romans after Supersessionism
The Continuation of Jewish Covenantal Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
The Letter to the Romans explains the way Paul thought Jewish covenantal identity continued now that the messianic era had begun. More particularly, Paul addresses the relevance of Abraham for Jews and gentiles, the role of Torah, and the way it is contextualized in Christ. All too often, however,...
Trajectories
A Gospel-Centered Introduction to Old Testament Theology
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Trajectories meets an urgent need in both undergraduate and graduate study of the Old Testament. Too often Old Testament theology focuses on the end-product and leaves the process obscured. Each chapter of Trajectories provides a clear path connecting biblical research to theological conclusions....
“Remain in Your Calling”
Paul and the Continuation of Social Identities in 1 Corinthians
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Remain in Your Calling explores the way the Apostle Paul negotiates and transforms existing social identities of the Corinthian Christ-followers in order to extend his gentile mission. Building on the findings of Tucker's first monograph, You Belong to Christ: Paul and the Formation of Social Identity...
The Possibility of Contemporary Prophetic Acts
From Jeremiah to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Is it possible to speak of prophets and prophetic activity in today's world? If so, who determines whether the prophetic acts are authentic? Is this role, formerly filled by faith communities, now being done within the secular community? Randall Bush explores these questions from biblical, theological,...
A Primer in Ecotheology
Theology for a Fragile Earth
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
This book serves as an introduction to the burgeoning field of ecothology, illustrating both its variety and its commonality across different Christian theological divides. Some of the questions addressed in this short book include the following: How can the Bible still make sense in the context of...